It is not the first time for Zhang Xiaohua to visit the market in Lu Town. After all, this is the busiest time of the year, and it is also the busiest place in a radius of dozens of miles. He has been here every year since he can remember. But when I came here before, my memory was full of those sugar figures, pastries and other food, and nothing else, so I never thought about what is crowded. Or maybe it used to be a kind of game to shuttle through the crowd, which made him feel amused when he was young.
But this time, when he stood at the north entrance of the street, looking at the crowds, the shops and stalls selling all kinds of goods, gadgets, food, Zhang Xiaohua could only wish to have a few more eyes a feeling of.
Following the flow of people, Zhang Cai's family walked slowly from the north entrance of the street to the depths of the street. Every time they passed by a shop, they squeezed in to have a look, whether it was selling silk or antiques, or even a pharmacy, they stopped for a while. The three brothers Zhang Xiaohua not only looked at the items for sale, but also the crowd around them. How often do you see so many people in the small mountain village? Especially the beautifully dressed girls, who are even more attractive to young people. . It's a pity that the three of them look ordinary and wear simple clothes. They look like people living in mountain villages. The girls' eyes just slip past them. They are far from staring at people like them. Occasionally, some girls feel their burning eyes and are naturally shy. Some of them walked away quickly, and some of them turned to look at them, which made the three of them blush unnaturally. What Zhang Xiaohua saw was more fresh than when they were young, what Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu saw was more about the future, maybe they wanted to meet a girl they liked and find their own happiness, but most of the girls didn¡¯t pay much attention From the look in their eyes, it was impossible to know what the two little brothers were thinking.
In the middle of the street, there is a large facade with a sign "Qianjia Cloth Art". Zhang Cai saw it, his eyes lit up, he greeted the three Zhang Xiaolong brothers, and walked in first. There was a waiter standing at the door of the shop. When he saw Zhang Cai coming in, he hurried up to greet him and said, "Guest officer, please come in. What do you want to see?" clothes.
After Zhang Cai walked into the fabric shop, he didn't go directly to the counter, but stood by the door, looking awkwardly at the many male and female customers and the running clerks in the store, not knowing what to do when he heard the clerk's greeting Only then did he come back to his senses, and said awkwardly: "Here, tear some clothes for the children, and buy a piece of cloth for the mother of the children." While talking, the three brothers Zhang Xiaolong also came in, after all, it is rare to enter like this It's a big store, just looking at it just now, but now I really have to buy something by myself, but I don't know how to speak, and I look a little timid. On the contrary, the guy didn't care about the strangeness, he still showed his smiling face, and said to them: "Then please come over here to see if there are suitable fabrics."
As he spoke, he took them to a corner of the counter and showed them the fabrics on top. This corner of the counter was obviously less crowded. There were two groups of people who came first. One group was two young girls who were picking colors with their heads down. There are guys giving packages. Except for this corner, the rest of the counter is filled with colorful silks and satins and other high-quality fabrics, and there are many brightly-dressed people around who are commenting and picking. It seems that the shop assistants are also well-trained and know the needs of customers. Looking at the clothes of Zhang Cai's family, they know that what they need is durable, not gaudy appearance.
Although the buddies were very considerate and brought Zhang Cai and the others to the right place, Zhang Cai still had a look of embarrassment on his face, because in the past, when he came to this kind of cloth buying place, it was always up to his mother to decide what to buy and what to buy. Zhang Cai didn't need to worry about the color. This time, because of his grandmother who was with the children at home, Zhang Cai was asked to buy cloth. Zhang Cai didn't think too much about it. When he got to the store, he didn't know what to buy. Seeing the clerk's ugly face, Zhang Xiaolong was quick to come up with an idea, and hurried forward, and said to the clerk, "Let's have a look first, and you can greet the other guests first."
After the buddy walked away, Zhang Cai couldn't help but regret and said: "Look at my brain, I didn't ask your mother what kind of cloth to buy when I left. It's all right now, we old men, I'm going back empty-handed."
Coincidentally, one of the two girls who were choosing fabrics just now was a little taller, just walked up behind Zhang Xiaolong, picked up a piece of navy blue fabric on the counter, and walked back to the side of her companion after hearing what Zhang Cai said. , looked at Zhang Xiaolong again, seemed to have discussed it, then walked over and said to Zhang Cai: "This uncle, I have a discussion with you."
Zhang Cai said puzzledly: "What's the matter? Girl"
The tall girl said: "Uncle, I was just trying to pick out a dress for my brother, but he didn't come over. I think he is about the same size as this big brother. I wonder if I can ask him to try it out? I hear you, no No one referenced the fabric, in return, my sister and I also gave?, Zhang Xiaolong was also a little anxious.
Just when Zhang Xiaolong was hesitating, the situation on the other side of the high wall became even worse. The two pudgy young men had already dragged the two village girls away, and they were dragging them to the alley at the corner of the high wall. Zhang Xiaolong couldn't bear it anymore, he shook off Zhang Cai's hand vigorously, and ran over quickly, and the group of evil servants also thought that the crowd next to them had been frightened by them. Moving closer to the alley, I didn't expect someone to rush over at this time. Zhang Xiaolong rushed to the side of the two village girls, first stretched out his hand to grab the arms of the two girls, and pulled them towards him. How could the strength of the two short and fat boys compare to him who worked in the fields all day, and they were pulled by him all at once. He came over, and while they were in a daze, Zhang Xiaolong said loudly: "What are you going to do?"
The two pudgy boys saw their prey being snatched away, and their faces were very angry. They looked at each other, and one of them in orange said, "We don't do anything. Who are you? What are you going to do?" ?¡±
Zhang Xiaolong froze for a moment, then said: "I am their cousin, why do you drag them? Be careful, we will sue the authorities."
Another man in black said, "Sue the officer? Well, let's go together. In Luzhen, your master and I are the officer. Your cousin stepped on my shoe just now, and I want her to pay for my shoe." , I want to see if the official is looking at you or me."
At this time, Zhang Cai and the others also rushed over, and Zhang Cai hurriedly bowed to the two of them, and said with a smile: "You two masters put out the fire, I two girls are not sensible, you see, we stepped on your shoes, we Sorry, today is a good day to go to the market, you have a large number of adults, raise your hand, this year there will be good rewards."
The man in the orange clothes said with a sinister smile: "It's easy to say, you're an old man, I'll do it, sir, and pay for my shoes.
Zhang Cai was startled, and said cautiously: "Then how much copper coins should the uncle accompany you?"
The man in orange extended a slap. Zhang Cai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So it's five qian, so I'll give it to you."
Zhang Cai took out five copper coins from his pocket and handed them over. The man in orange didn't even look at the five copper coins stretched out in front of his eyes. The straw sandals you wear, your uncle and mine are worth five copper coins, you heard me clearly, five taels of silver!"
Zhang Cai lost his mind, and immediately apologized and said with a smile: "Master, you are joking, my family's annual ration is only three taels of silver. Are your shoes worth so much?"
The man in black said: "You little old man, do you suspect that we are lying?"
At this time, the village girl behind Zhang Xiaolong had recovered, and poked her head out from behind Zhang Xiaolong and said, "Uncle, they wronged us, and we didn't step on them at all. Surrounded by them here."
Zhang Xiaolong also said angrily: "Father, they are obviously blackmailing us, let's hurry up and take this girl to the government to sue them."
The man in black laughed loudly, and raised his voice and said, "You bastards, who have never seen the world, don't even know you, Mr. Zhao, so why are you suing the officials? Little ones, come and tell them what an official is." .¡±
This Mr. Zhao waved his hand, and the servants who had been standing by to watch the fun immediately surrounded him eagerly. Zhang Cai saw that something was wrong, and said to Zhang Xiaohua: "You and these two girls find a chance to run away. Get out, let us protect you." After speaking, he led Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohu to fight with the servants who surrounded him, and Zhang Xiaohua also took the two girls and ran into the crowd watching the play.
Zhang Cai, Zhang Xiaolong, and Zhang Xiaohu, although they are strong laborers in the countryside and have some strength, they are slightly better than those servants one-on-one. , the fists and feet of those servants came down like raindrops, seeing the faces of the three masters were injured, Zhang Xiaohua and the two village girls were clever at the beginning, they avoided a few servants, and then He wanted to rush into the crowd, but unexpectedly, he was blocked by the well-dressed bodyguard. He couldn't escape the figure of the bodyguard after several twists and turns. After chasing them, he stood aside and watched Zhang Xiaohua and the two village girls being pushed back to the side of Zhang Cai and the others. Seeing her father and elder brother being beaten on the ground, Zhang Xiaohua rushed forward anxiously, trying to save them, but they were kicked on her chest and fell to the ground on her back. Her body was covered in mud. She was about to struggle and sit up. Two more servants came over, pressed their hands against the wall, and slapped him several times, blood flowed out from the corners of their mouths, these two servants saw that Zhang Xiaohua was still young, so they stopped doing anything, just held him down body, not letting him move.
No matter how much Zhang Xiaohua struggled, she couldn't break free from the palms of the two strong men. Seeing her father and brothers shrinking and being beaten under the fists and feet of the evil servants, her heart ached so badly that she shed tears instantly. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com)Fate, tears flowed down instantly. (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com